after a grenade throwing incident against government troops left one
soldier wounded.
On Thursday, Private First Class Marvin Octaviano of the 75th Infantry
Battalion was wounded when two men lobbed a hand grenade on a passing
military truck in Barangay Pansol, Guindulungan, Maguindanao.
The incident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. while an Army truck was
returning to Shariff Aguak from Cotabato City.
The 6th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office said two men were seen
tossing the explosive as the Army truck was passing by. The grenade
hit the side of a military vehicle and exploded.
Had it landed in the middle of the military truck, more soldiers would
have been wounded or killed.
Brig. Gen. Rey Ardo, 6th Infatry Division commander, has placed the
entire Army division on alert status, especially for traveling
government forces in Maguindanao.
No one has claimed responsibility for the grenade attack but the
military believed it could be the works of Moro rebels or remnants of
Civilian Volunteer Organization of the Ampatuan clan in Maguindanao.
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